Tentering-brush.



L. w I N D E R.

TENTERING BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-23, I945.

1,186,236. Patented Jun 6, 1916.

WITNESSES LAWRENGEWINDER, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVAITIA.

,TENTERING-B'RUSH.

Application'filed September 23, 1915. Serial 1v .'52,159.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE VVINDER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Tentering-Brush, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a brush for tentering cloth or other fabric formed of teeth preferably of wire, and a band carrying the same, with means for holding the brush firmly on a drum or reel, whose rotation causes said teeth to take hold of the cloth 'or fabric ina firm and uniform manner throughout the periphery of the brush.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific details shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a partial side elevation and partial radial section thereof on line Fig. 2. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of a portion at a right angle to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of the fastening members of the brush. Fig. a represents a bottom plan view thereof.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings :1 designates a cylindrical drum or reel on whose periphery 2 is seated a tentering brush, which is composed of the wires or card clothing 3 and the belt or band i to which latter the inner ends of said wires are clenched, the outer ends of the same being presented for engagement with the fabric for tentering the latter rotary motion being communicated to said drum or reel from a proper part of a tentering machine.

On the opposite sides of the body of the drum or reel are the heads 5 one of which is connected with said body by the screws or bolts 6 and nuts 7, it being noticed that the diameters of said heads are greater than the diameter of said body, so that the peripheries of the former extend beyond the periphery of the latter forming a circumferential passage to receive the brush which is retained on said body between the peripheral portions of said head and guarded by the same against lateral shifting or displacement.

In order to connect the ends of the band Specification of Letters Patent.

2 and cause the periphery of the brush to be comparatively continuous or unbroken, I apply to said ends the hooked ears 8, which extend from the plates 9 toward each other and are secured to the end portions of the bands by clips 10, which are bent over and clenched to the sides of the end portions of the bands and so connected with the latter without invading the body of the card clothing nor marring the same, one of the ends having a single ear thereon, and the other end having a pair of ears, the former entering between the latter, side by side, the openings of the opposite ears being adapted to register, a portion of the periphery of the drum being removed inwardly forming the recess 11, into which the ears 8 are fitted. When the screw or bolt 6 is passed through said ears as well as through the registering openings in the heads, the ends of the band are joined and held tightly connected on the reel and the continuity of the wire-surface of the brush is preserved. It is evident that when the nuts and screws are removed, the side head may be removed, whereby access may be had to the ears 8 to remove them from the recess 11, when the brush may be displaced for repairs, renewal or other purposes.

One of the heads 5 is preferably integral with the body of the reel or drum, but to this I do not limit myself.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim ,as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a tentering brush, a divided band formed of card clothing, a drum on which said brush is supported, ear members on the terminals of said band placed side by side and having their openings in register, and a device adapted to be passed through said ears to connect said terminals and to be passed through the sides of said drum to connect the brush with the latter. 2. In a tentering brush, a divided band formed of card clothing, a drum on which said brush is supported, ear members on the terminals of said band having their .openings in register, and means passed through said ears adapted to connect the same and consequently said terminals, and to connect said ears with said drum, said ears having thereon clip members adapted to be clenched to the sides of the adjacent opposite terminal-portions of said band.

Paar-ea June 6, 1916.-

3. In a tentering brush, a drum, a divided band formed of card clothlng, ear members on the termlnals OI the band placed slde by slde and havlng then" openlngs 1n reg'lster, sald drum havlng an openlng or recessed portlon 1n winch sznd ears are recelved, and means adapted to be passed through szud ears to connect the same and to secure said brush to sald drum.

LAWRENCE WINDER.

\Vitnesses J OHN A. VVIEDERSHEIM, N. DUSSINGER.

Copies oi this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gcmmissioner of Patentn, Washington, D. 0." 

